Category: California

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Bakersfield

    10 Interesting Facts About Bakersfield

    Facts About Bakersfield Bakersfield is a significant hub for both agriculture and energy production. The city is also the birthplace of the country music genre known as the Bakersfield sound. Bakersfield lies near the southern “horseshoe” end of the San Joaquin Valley, with the southern tip of the Sierra Nevada just to the east. The…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Long Beach

    10 Interesting Facts About Long Beach

    Facts About Long Beach The Port of Long Beach is one of the largest shipping ports in the world and is the second-largest seaport in the United States. The average altitude of Long Beach is 16 metres above sea level. On average, Long Beach enjoys 345 days of sunshine every year. The city is known…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Sacramento

    10 Interesting Facts About Sacramento

    Facts About Sacramento The average altitude of Sacramento is 9 metres above sea level. Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat and largest city of Sacramento County. Sacramento is known for its evolving contemporary culture and is dubbed the most “hipster city” in California. The city covers 100.1…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Fresno

    10 Interesting Facts About Fresno

    Facts About Fresno The city of Fresno covers a total area of 297 square kilometres. The original inhabitants of the San Joaquin Valley region were the Yokuts people and Miwok people, who engaged in trading with other Californian tribes of Native Americans including coastal peoples such as the Chumash of the Central California coast, with…

  • 20 Interesting Facts About San Jose

    20 Interesting Facts About San Jose

    Facts About San Jose San Jose is named after el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe, the city’s predecessor, which was eventually located in the area of what is now the Plaza de César Chávez. The Santa Clara Valley has been home to the Tamyen group of the Ohlone people since around 4,000 BC. San…

  • 25 Interesting Facts About Oakland

    25 Interesting Facts About Oakland

    Facts About Oakland Oakland is the only city in the world to have a natural saltwater lake within its city limits. Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California. There are over 80 parks in Oakland where you can reconvene with your inner wilderness explorer. Oakland’s territory covers what was…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Oxnard

    10 Interesting Facts About Oxnard

    Facts About Oxnard Oxnard is a city in Ventura County, California, United States The estimated population of Oxnard is 202,063 as of 2020. Oxnard is located on the Oxnard Plain, an area with fertile soil. With its beaches, dunes, wetlands, creeks and the Santa Clara River, the area contains a number of important biological communities.…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Huntington Beach

    10 Interesting Facts About Huntington Beach

    Facts About Huntington Beach Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California The city is named after American businessman Henry E. Huntington. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 31.9 square miles, 26.7 sq mi of it is land and 5.1 sq mi of…

  • 10 Interesting Facts About Moreno Valley

    10 Interesting Facts About Moreno Valley

    Facts About Moreno Valley Frank E. Brown, one of the founders of the community of Moreno in 1882, declined to have the town named after him, but to honour him, the town was named Moreno, Spanish for brown. Moreno Valley is a city in Riverside County, California and is part of the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Metropolitan…